Horizontal Flow Wrap Machine for Complete Packaging Projects
Horizontal flow wrapping machine for pillow packs, bakery packs, bars, trays, and solid products that need stable high-speed wrapping.
The horizontal flow wrap machine wraps solid products with roll film and creates pillow-style packs with a back seal and end seals. It is a practical solution for bakery, candy, snacks, hardware, daily-use products, and other items that can be fed horizontally.
Spack Packaging configures the machine around your product sample, target fill weight, bag size, packaging material, speed requirement, and factory layout. The goal is not only to quote a machine model, but to confirm a workable packaging solution before production.
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Quick Highlights
- Suitable for solid products, trays, bars, biscuits, bread, and similar items.
- High-speed continuous wrapping with stable product feeding and film tracking.
- Can connect to infeed conveyors, coding, metal detection, checkweighing, and collection systems.
- Machine model is selected by product dimensions, film width, speed, and feeding method.
Who Is This Machine For?
Best for: Food factories, bakery plants, snack producers, hardware packers, and co-packers that need fast pillow wrapping for individual products or trays.
Not ideal for: Not suitable for free-flow powders, liquids, or loose granules that require vertical filling. For those products, use a VFFS or premade pouch machine.
Typical Applications
- Bakery products and bread
- Chocolate bars, candy, biscuits, and snacks
- Trays, blister packs, and daily-use items
- Hardware, medical consumables, and multipack products
Packaging Styles and Configuration Options
| Packaging option | What it means | When to choose it |
|---|---|---|
| Pillow flow pack | Back seal with two end seals | Standard format for high-speed individual wrapping. |
| Tray wrapping | Flow pack around tray or rigid product | Useful for bakery and prepared food items. |
| Printed film pack | Registered film with mark tracking | For retail packaging with branding. |
| Infeed configuration | Manual, belt, automatic feeder, or line connection | Chosen by product shape and upstream process. |
How The Machine Works
- Products are placed manually or automatically onto the infeed conveyor.
- The film is guided around the product through the forming box.
- Longitudinal sealing creates the back seal while products move forward.
- End sealing jaws cut and seal each pack.
- Finished packs move to coding, inspection, collection, or cartoning.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Recommended range / configuration | Project notes |
|---|---|---|
| Model range | HFFS 350 / 450 / 600 | Selected by product size and film width. |
| Maximum speed | Up to 200 packs/min | Actual speed depends on product length and feeding stability. |
| Bag length | 80-500 mm | Configured by servo control and product length. |
| Pack width | 45-300 mm | Depends on product width and film width. |
| Product height | Project-specific | Confirmed from product samples. |
| Film width | 120-600 mm | Calculated from product dimensions and seal style. |
| Packaging style | Pillow pack / flow pack | With fin seal or lap seal options. |
| Control system | PLC + touch screen | Recipe setup for different products. |
| Film tracking | Photoelectric eye | For printed film registration. |
| Coding option | Thermal transfer / inkjet / date coder | For date, batch number, and traceability. |
| Optional inspection | Metal detector / checkweigher | Can be connected after the flow wrapper. |
Standard Features
| Feature | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Servo-driven wrapping | Improves speed control and package length stability. |
| Adjustable forming box | Matches different product widths and heights. |
| Automatic film tracking | Supports printed roll film and consistent cutting position. |
| Line integration | Can connect with feeders, conveyors, and downstream inspection. |
| Easy changeover | Recipes and mechanical adjustments support multiple product sizes. |
Built-in Options and Line Upgrades
| Option | Status | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic feeder | optional | For high-volume continuous production. |
| Thermal transfer printer | optional | For high-quality date and batch coding. |
| Metal detector and checkweigher | optional | For food safety and weight control. |
| Gas flushing | optional | For some bakery or freshness-sensitive packs. |
Compatible Materials and Package Testing
Packaging material must be checked together with the machine. Spack Packaging can review film or pouch samples, seal temperature range, cutting quality, mark tracking, bag opening behavior, and finished pack appearance before confirming the final configuration.
Roll film width depends on product width, height, and required fin seal allowance.
Complete Line Components
- Feeding systems: elevator, screw conveyor, vacuum feeder, hopper, working platform, or customized infeed.
- Dosing systems: auger filler, volumetric cup, pump, multihead weigher, linear weigher, electronic scale, or custom system.
- Coding and traceability: date printer, inkjet, thermal transfer printer, QR code, or batch marking.
- Inspection systems: checkweigher, metal detector, rejection system, and vision inspection options.
- End-of-line equipment: conveyors, counting table, rotary collection, cartoning, case packing, and buffer handling.
Information Needed For Quotation
| Information | Why it is needed | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Product dimensions | Defines forming box, film width, and model. | Length x width x height. |
| Product feeding method | Confirms manual, semi-auto, or automatic infeed. | Manual loading or line connection. |
| Film sample | Checks sealing, tracking, and cutting. | Printed or plain roll film. |
| Target speed | Defines servo and feeding configuration. | Example: 80 packs/min. |
| Downstream process | Defines inspection and collection layout. | Checkweigher, metal detector, cartoner. |
Videos and Sample Results
Before final order confirmation, Spack Packaging can provide testing videos, sample pack photos, and technical feedback based on your product and packaging material. Reference video: Watch machine reference video.
Why Choose Spack Packaging
- Machine plus packaging-material thinking, especially for tea, coffee, food, powder, liquid, and pouch projects.
- Project configuration based on product type, bag style, filling weight, film or pouch material, speed, and layout.
- Sample testing before production to reduce compatibility risk.
- Support for complete lines including feeding, dosing, coding, inspection, conveying, and end-of-line automation.
- Remote technical support, spare parts supply, shipping coordination, and after-sales guidance.
FAQ
Can it wrap irregular products?
It can handle many solid products, but product stability on the infeed must be checked by sample testing.
Can it use printed film?
Yes. Printed film can be used with photoelectric mark tracking after film test confirmation.
Can it connect to an automatic feeding line?
Yes. The infeed can be customized for upstream production lines and downstream inspection equipment.
Get A Practical Configuration
Send your product sample details, fill weight, bag size, packaging material, target speed, and factory layout. Spack Packaging will recommend a machine configuration, optional line components, testing plan, and quotation based on the real project requirements.
